This chapter is not all about Aggie and the I teams, it's about Aggie's mother, Bernadette Mondejar. It's about her story of how her connection with one of Aggie's old classmates' family affected this story and the Mondejar history. I hope you'll enjoy this chapter.

P.S.: One of Aggie's teammates from Back-up I teams made an appearance.

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Many years ago, a 21-year-old Bernadette is in her room of her home, sitting down on her bed, and holding a picture of herself with her family. Her parents, six sisters, and five brothers. In this day, it's been years since the curse was laid in her family. Her father and one of her brothers died of heart attack, another brother died of cancer, and last two died of gunshots in different accidents. The Mondejar family has one boy left, who has a condition of his brain that didn't grow to maturity.

Bernadette loved her father the most. She, her sisters, and mother missed him and the four brothers so much. Her mother, sisters, and brother have nothing to do, but to accept their deaths, and tried to move on. But for Bernadette... No. She never moved on. She vowed revenge for his father and brothers. She wanted to use her wand staff to kill whoever laid a curse to her family. Her wand staff has a head that was a big pink heart with a red cross behind it, and its handle was white with red cross pattern all over it. Then, she took out a large thick book from her bookshelf, which it was entitled 'Book of Spells'. The book was brown with a golden lock, and its pages were light brown. When Bernadette flipped the pages to look for a spell, there were yellow tapes all over a chapter that said. 'Do not cross', which this gave Bernadette an idea.

One morning, Bernadette went out of her home with a backpack on her back, and held her wand staff to find the old man who gave her the wand staff and the Book of Spells. She traveled through her father's field, where it was near the forest. When Bernadette almost entered the forest, she heard an old man crying from a tree besides her. She looked behind the tree, and saw the old man wearing a giant yellow sombrero and blue coat. He has white mustache and beard, long nose, and blue eyes, which it was now full of tears. He's the old man who gave her and her father the wand staff and the Book of Spells.

"Oh, Mr. Xander, are you okay?" Bernadette asked.

Xander looked up to Bernadette. "No! Your father's gone!"

"I know." Bernadette shook her head down.

"And he's never coming back!" The old man sobbed.

"No, he isn't"

"And I really like him too."

"I know you're upset. So am I. But right now, I really need your help. I need you to help me to open this chapter." She opened the book, and showed Xander the chapter with 'do not cross' line tape.

Xander's eyes widened when he recognized that chapter. "Oh, you should not open that chapter. It contained dark magic. I hope you didn't recite the 'Last Spell'"

"No, I didn't, but I need a spell that can destroy creatures that was mortal and immortal."

"Oh, you can't ask me. I only knew basic magic of the wand staff and how to use it of your own. To let you teach this dark magic, you need to ask from whoever made this chapter."

"But, all of my ancestors are dead, including Papa, how can I ask whoever made this chapter?"

"Actually, not all are dead. Come with me."

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Xander stood up, and lead Bernadette with him to the forest. Not so deep of the forest, there was a big tree with many colorful fireflies flying around the tree. It has two windows and a door. Xander opened the door as he and Bernadette entered. The room of the tree is full of magic artifacts, like masks, potions, magic cauldron, etc. Xander opened a small box, and took out a pink amulet.

"What's this?" Bernadette asked.

"This is a magical amulet that can trap magical human souls in there." Xander explained as he gave the amulet to the young woman. "But there is only one trapped human soul in there, and it's one of your ancestors who wrote the forbidden chapter, and it was only be summoned by a descendant."

"But how can I summon it?" Bernadette asked.

Xander took the Book of Spells from her, and flipped the pages to find the spell. He stopped when he found it. "Aha!" He pointed the spell to Bernadette. "Here. The summoning spell. Use your wand staff to cast the spell, and point it towards the amulet. I better leave you now when you're ready."

When Xander left Bernadette in the room and shut the door, Bernadette took a deep breath first, then held her wand staff to point it to the amulet, while holding the Book of Spells with her other hand. She cleared her throat as she recited the spell.

Summoned spirit who lived years ago
Show thyself with eyes the glow
Free thy dread soul from its prison,
Once more shall thee be risen!

Suddenly, her wand staff glowed and blasted out some kind of magical beam to the amulet. The amulet rose as it glowed, and Bernadette's shadow changed its shape into a taller shadow with red eyes. Bernadette was scared at first, thinking the shadow might attack her, but the shadow was... stretching, like it was been cramping inside the amulet for too long.

"Are you... Desdemona?" Bernadette started to ask.

"Yes, I am." The shadow stopped stretching. "How long have I been here?"

"Uh, like, two hundred-and-a-half years?" Bernadette replied.

This made Desdemona coughed in surprise."Two hundred-and-a-half years?! Hmm, no wonder I've been trapped in that amulet for so long." When her red eyes spotted Bernadette's wand staff, she asked her descendant. "So, you're the new owner of the wand staff?"

"Yes, what of it?"

"Well, it's just you're far too young to be the next owner of the wand staff, unless... Oh, no. Unless your father – is he...?" Desdemona wanted to ask Bernadette if her father was dead, which the little girl sniffed with tears on her eyes, and nodded. "I see. I lost my father, too, when I was not much older than you." Desdemona said with tears in her eyes.

"Ever since there was a curse laid in my family, Papa and four of my brothers died, I wanted to avenge them. I wanted to get rid of this curse so we could live in peace!" Bernadette cried.

"I know how you feel." Desdemona said.

"But that's not why I'm here. I need you to teach me one of the spells from your... forbidden chapter."

"'Forbidden'? Is that what they're calling my chapter?"

"Yeah, sorry. I didn't name it. But the point is I need a spell that can destroy something that are both mortal and immortal of any kind."

Desdemona gasped. "Are you sure that's what you want?"

"It's my only hope." Bernadette begged.

"Well, the spell you seek requires a magical contract. I can give it to you. But once your enemy or your enemies' relatives are killed, you must give me something in return."

"Okay, what do you want?"

"My freedom."

"What?!" Bernadette was shock.

"Oh, I know. It's a lot to ask." The shadow chuckled. "But... I've just been here so long, all by myself. I want to be free like my other ancestors. I want to be a free soul.

"But you're trap in Xander's amulet. I can't free you." Bernadette told great-great-great-great-grandmother.

"A contract between two Mondejars is stronger than any magical artifacts. Now, do you want to learn the spell?" Desdemona stretched her arm at her side since she can't extend her arm to Bernadette because of being a shadow.

Bernadette smiled as she placed her hand on the wall, aligning with Desdemona's shadowy hand. A magic black ribbon wrapped around their arms with wind blowing their hair. After a few moments, the ribbon vanished as the wind stopped blowing.

"Come close." Desdemona said as Bernadette leaned her ear towards the shadow. Desdemona told Bernadette about the spell she asked and how to use it.

"Thank you." Bernadette smiled appreciatively.

"You're welcome. Now, will you excuse me?" Desdemoa said before her shadow changed to Bernadette's shadow, leaving Bernadette to wonder.

"Where are you?" She called her great-great-great-great-grandmother, but it was still quiet. Remembering the deal, Bernadette secretly took the amulet, and hid it inside her bag.

Before leaving the tree, Bernadette checked the area if Xander was there, but he was not, so it was Bernadette's chance to escape with the amulet.

Unbeknownst to her, Xander was behind his tree all along, and with no one seeing him, he transformed to his true form as a dark god of Mexico, Xibalba.

"What are you up to, Bernadette?" He wondered as he watched Bernadette running back to her town.